Automated Fire and Flood Hazard Protection System(AUTO-HAZARD PRO)

摘要

AUTO-HAZARD PRO, a European Commission-funded research project (EVG1-CT- 2001-00057), integrates real-time and on-line fire and flood hazard management schemes into a GIS-type platform. The system will be run on an operational mode in Disasters Management Centers and in connection with local resource management agencies across hazard-prone EU areas. Specific tasks will be to develop: (I) an environmental and technological Data Base Management System, with electronic information (I.e., fire occurrence, topography, soils, weather, vegetation, land use, administrative and technical resources) and digital mapping capabilities for natural hazards/ fire protection and effects mitigation, and environmental impact assessment; (ii) a Decision Support System dealing with proactive planning and emergency management of real-time fire episodes, including fuels management, socio-economic criteria, a priori risk forecasting, automatic fire detection and optimal resource dispatching. Collection, input, storage, management and analysis of the information depend on advanced and automated methodologies using remote sensing, GPS, digital mapping and GIS. The system will be supported by an operational weather forecasting system that will supply regular 72-hour weather forecasts and down-scaled forecasts in the areas of interest. Field sensors of autonomous fire detection will be linked to the Operations Center within AUTO-HAZARD PRO, where the alarm signal will be evaluated to stimulate proper responses. Short-term dynamic fire and flood danger indices will be developed for better and realistic prevention and pre-suppression planning. Proactive development of such information infrastructure, with the use of computers and the integration of ground and satellite technologies, will assist not only in fire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation planning, but also during a fire outbreak using fire growth simulation models for prompt (human and technical) resource dispatching, initial attack and effective damage mitigation.